What Is The Best Resolution For Printing 8×10 Photographs?
Filed in Deskjet Help Forums on พ.ย..06, 2009
I have a Cannon PowerShot S3 IS 6 mega pixel camera and an HP Photosmart C3180 printer. I am a print art photographer and have printed my work before, but noticed that my ink cartridges aren’t lasting very long. What resolution should my images be for 8×10 prints (maybe I’m using too high of a resolution and therefore using up my ink very fast)?
พฤศจิกายน 6th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
300 to 600 dpi should be fine. Print one with 300 dpi and see how you like the results.
พฤศจิกายน 6th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
I gave away my inkjet and started printing at a photolab. Better quality at a cheaper price.
พฤศจิกายน 6th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Oddly enough, as well as I understand camera and screen resolutions, I can’t for the life of me figure out what resolution my printer is giving me. All I know is what they claim it is capable of doing and it far exceeds what my camera shoots in the first place. All I can “control” is the “quality” of the output as “Text & Image,” “Photo,” or “Best Photo.” If I care about a print, I use “Best Photo” and, of course, specify the paper type. Different papers would set the printer to different resolutions, but it beats me what the specifications are.
I send a minimum of 300 ppi image to the printer and use “Best Photo” and top quality paper if I care about the print, but I really don’t know what resolution it is using for printing.
พฤศจิกายน 6th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Financially speaking you might be better on getting them done some place, be careful where you go….you’d think a photo shop would know better than to leave fingerprints on your images but noooo not all of them do know that.
พฤศจิกายน 6th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Printing at home, 280-300dpi. You will CHEW through black, so keep extra’s handy.
My old man has got one of those S3 IS, and I gotta say, that’s a cool camera !
พฤศจิกายน 7th, 2009 at 1:36 am
I usually print mine at the default res @ 180dpi and they come out crystal clear. I have a Canon D60. I process my images from RAW.
พฤศจิกายน 7th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Use the highest resolution for your original art. Then based upon the recommendation of your printer maker, adjust the image and save it as a new file.
Most printers recommend 300 DPI, but some work best at 270 DPI for some reason.
พฤศจิกายน 7th, 2009 at 11:22 am
If you are an amateur doing small numbers of photographs send the work to a lab.
The equipment and the maintenance of your computer to get very fine images is enormous. I do it but its not for the feint hearted. The cost of the equipment is one thing, the inks are another. Unless you are printing from a printer that takes those super big cartridges its very, very expensive indeed.